Today was so lovely. There was a bit of a chill in the air but that made it even more enjoyable for my long walk. I left the hotel and went left and today I went right! No particular place in mind to have breakfast. I would leave it up to luck. And boy did I get lucky! I had an omelet that was so yummy I actually closed my eyes to relish every bite and try to hold it in my memory. And I'm not sure if they put crack in the butter but damn it is good! I washed all that down with a wonderful tasting café au lait. That was enough fuel to get me to my next location.
Now it was time to walk it off. I headed towards Luxembourg gardens and settled on getting a cab when I got tired. I downloaded the map and off I went! I never did get that cab and I walked the entire distance only stopping once for another coffee in a cute little café. You know the kind. You look in the window and everyone sitting in there looks like they have very exotic and interesting lives and you want some of that. I said my obligatory French that got me a sweet seat by the window so I could watch the people walk by. After an hour of soaking up that treat I was off again to the gardens.
I have great pictures of Lindsey here at Luxembourg Gardens and just being there again today brought back sweet memories. I spent my time in the garden with Doris, Sinatra and Dean. I switched over to older Parisian music to enhance the experience even more. When you travel alone and there is isn't a conversation coming and going it's nice to have a tune piped in and you can just soak up the environment and relax. My favorite song is "Again" by Doris Day and listening to it in this lovely place made it double sweet.
In my travels I take pictures of doors. I adore doors - all shapes and sizes. No judgement; every one has their thing :-) Now these are not just your ordinary doors, they are beautiful doors! I'm interested in what stories are behind them. If only they could tell me a bit of the lives of those who crossed their threshold. The ones I saw today were not that exotic but pretty all the same. I almost have enough pictures for a book. Just think a book of nothing but beautiful doors from Europe. I would buy it!
Spending several hours walking and then in the gardens required a nap for this 'older' lady. I cabbed it back to the hotel for a snooze.
Rested and ready to head out for dinner. Where to eat? Where oh where? There are 1000's of great places and it is so hard to pick just one. I landed on
Le Nemours Paris that is an area I wanted to see so it worked out well. I had the quiche (great review) that was goat cheese and zucchini. I paired it with a sweet wine and ended with crème brulee. I'm a lucky woman. That meal was another home run. I have never had such powerful flavors on my taste buds.
After dinner I headed out to explore and I ended up at the
Museum of Music which was very pretty. Even though it was very late there were a lot of people out and about. I sat on the steps of the museum and a nice couple started a chat. I must look very American (or they heard me talking to myself). They asked me where I was from and the conversation took off from there. They were Canadians on their first trip to Paris as a couple. They too are headed south to see the French countryside. Paris is a lovely place but it is a city and this old country girl can only take so much of the big city. I need hills, trees and loads of parks to sit in and grow old. Until tomorrow -
Bonne Nuit!
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